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@AliceStollmeyer I really wonder about the specifics though. If they're running it on AWS or Azure it's not much use.
And of course there's maintenance, support etc.
@bert_hubert has written a pretty good piece about this:
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/open-source-by-itself-is-no-alternative-for-big-tech/
Bert Hubert's writings · Open Source on its own is no alternative to Big Tech - Bert Hubert's writingsNow that we’re increasingly concerned about the dominance of ‘big tech’, Open Source is often mentioned as an alternative, especially since our governments are carrying out a Total Migration to Microsoft.
This is the English version of this Dutch piece.
In Dutch we say you can’t compare apples and pears, but that’s not entirely true. Both are so-called handfruit, and one is a bit harder, the other a bit softer.